Modern Healthcare October 11, 2017
The CMS’ release of its Medicare star ratings reveals that performance among insurers overall in Medicare Advantage remains largely unchanged year-over-year.
The latest data, released Wednesday, show that the number of Medicare Advantage plans that performed well in the CMS’ star ratings program dropped slightly from last year. At the same time, the amount of insurers that receive certain ratings hasn’t changed significantly in recent years.
The CMS said about 44% of the 384 active Medicare Advantage contracts in 2018 that also have Part D prescription drug coverage earned 4 stars or higher for their overall rating. This is a drop from 2017 when about 49% of the 363 active Medicare Advantage plans earned 4 stars or higher.
Although the...
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